While I have no desire to see any sort of opinion - however unpopular - stifled, I think that creating a thread with the express purpose of housing such ideas as to piss off other people is not the best considered enterprise in the world.

As for my own, Northerners are actually jealous of the low crime rate, beautiful scenery and quality of life enjoyed by southerners. That's why they feel the need to make fun of us and call us all names.

I think people insult each other too much IC. Specifically, I think people publicly defame, accuse and denigrate each other way more often than it makes sense for the sort of culture we're supposed to be representing.

It's about more than people getting their "feelings hurt".

Gossip and rumor-mongering was looked down on in many cultures for a reason. Libel was and still is a crime for a reason, and in many historical contests making aspersions against a person's character could be a very, very big deal. A person's good name and reputation is something that should be valuable--and wrongfully damaging that good name should be seen as something on par with vandalism.

I think people should take the tone of the setting into account before insulting people in public places like the Inn or in the streets. If someone is accused publicly of a crime, or incompetence, or even just bad manners, there should be consequences if those accusations can be demonstrated as untrue.

I don't think it makes sense for all this name calling to be going on as often and as visibly as it does.

Hazgarn wrote:Something both game-relevant and likely to be unpopular:

I think people insult each other too much IC. Specifically, I think people publicly defame, accuse and denigrate each other way more often than it makes sense for the sort of culture we're supposed to be representing.

It's about more than people getting their "feelings hurt".

Gossip and rumor-mongering was looked down on in many cultures for a reason. Libel was and still is a crime for a reason, and in many historical contests making aspersions against a person's character could be a very, very big deal. A person's good name and reputation is something that should be valuable--and wrongfully damaging that good name should be seen as something on par with vandalism.

I think people should take the tone of the setting into account before insulting people in public places like the Inn or in the streets. If someone is accused publicly of a crime, or incompetence, or even just bad manners, there should be consequences if those accusations can be demonstrated as untrue.

I don't think it makes sense for all this name calling to be going on as often and as visibly as it does.

Only if there are consequences, like loss of leadership roles when those accusations have mountains of proof behind them.